Following a ruling in February this year which meant that retailers were required to remove daffodil bulbs from aisles displaying fruit and vegetables for sale – to prevent shoppers confusing them with onions or vegetable produce grown overseas – officials…
Read moreStafford-based landlord is fined £1,300 for house with health and safety risks
A landlord was ordered to pay over £1,300 after Stafford Magistrates’ Court heard that the house he let out demonstrated multiple breaches of health and safety legislation and posed a real threat to his tenants’ health.
Read moreCompany taken to court over unsafe truck hire
A tool and plant hire company has been fined £14,000 (with £8199.74 in costs) by Derby Magistrates’ Court because a worker sustained injuries caused by a defective dumper truck it provided to a farmer in August 2013.
Read moreGovernment’s stance on subletting for private tenants is still no clearer
Following the 2015 Budget announcement, a brief outline was given by the Chancellor for how the Government intends to change legislation regarding private tenants and their ability to sublet.
Read moreGoogle patents system that could see people’s personalities stored in robots
Google has achieved a US patent for a technological system that, in the near future, could potentially have the capacity to download the personality of a celebrity, or a deceased friend or family member, to a robot.
Read moreCleaning is responsible for a rise in deposit disputes between UK landlords and tenants
Letting agents and landlords in the UK are reporting a rise in the number of dirty properties they are being faced with when they conduct an inspection at the tenant check-out stage.
Read moreNew safety regulations will impact on businesses that order construction work
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM), which will come into effect on 6th April 2015, will change the way that construction work operates on a domestic and commercial scale across the UK.
Read moreNew UK broccoli variety given a patent after lengthy legal case
A Norfolk-based research centre recently won a legal battle with the European Patent Office in order to obtain a patent for a new variety of broccoli.
Read moreShopfitting firm prosecuted after worker broke eight ribs in ladder fall
A Birmingham-based shopfitting company – A Edmonds and Co Ltd – has been found guilty of safety failings after one of its workers fell from a ladder and sustained multiple injuries, including eight broken ribs.
Read moreLegislation changes to force UK lettings agents to advertise their fees
Changes to the Consumer Rights Act means that UK lettings agents will be required to display their charges and fee structures on their company websites and in physical branch offices, in order to provide their customers with clearer information.
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